2015/04/03 by Marek Vaňatka, M. Vanatka, J. -C. Rojas-Sanchez +8 · 3 citations
Materials Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Anisotropy #Asymmetry #Condensed matter physics #Creep #Domain wall (magnetism) #Field (mathematics) #Geometry #Magnetic Properties and Applications #Magnetic domain #Magnetic field #Magnetic properties of thin films #Magnetization #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Mechanics #Optics #Perpendicular #Physics #Scattering #Sign (mathematics) #Theoretical and Computational Physics #Thermodynamics #Wedge (geometry) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/27/32/326002
published as J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27, 326002 (2015) · 12 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2015/04/03 · openalex publication_date 2015/07/27 · arxiv updated 2015/10/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We have carried out measurements of domain wall dynamics in a Pt/Co/GdOx(t) wedge sample with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. When driven by an easy-axis field Hz in the presence of an in-plane field Hx, the domain wall propagation is different along [Formula: see text]x, as expected for samples presenting Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DMI) interaction. In the creep regime, the sign and the value of the domain wall velocity asymmetry changes along the wedge. We show that in our samples the domain wall speed versus Hx curves in the creep regime cannot be explained simply in terms of the variation of the domain wall energy with Hx, as suggested by previous works. For this reason the strength and the sign of the DMI cannot be extracted from these measurements. To obtain reliable information on the DMI strength using magnetic field-induced domain wall dynamics, measurements have been performed with high fields, bringing the DW close to the flow regime of propagation. In this case we find large values of the DMI, consistent in magnitude and sign with those obtained from Brillouin light scattering measurements.